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Military service
Service number:
J/9551
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
158 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
October 23, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of William Daniel and Edith Alimina Thomas, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Wilbert Harry Thomas
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Photo of Wilbert Harry Thomas
This is the only picture taken of Wilbert in uniform. He was killed in action soon after. Wilbert was a pilot of a Halifax Bomber. His brother Alan Thomas was a flight instructor in the British Commonwealth Air Training Program who survived the war. -
Memorial
Flying Officer Wilbert Harry Thomas is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Wilbert Harry Thomas is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Harry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Harry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Harry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Harry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Harry Thomas
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Harry Thomas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 119 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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